Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
September 11 2007 - 11:11AM
UK Regulatory
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in VENTURE PRODUCTION
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.004
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 10 September 2007
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 5,159,643 3.63% 18,493 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 786,091 0.55% 1,100,171 0.77%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 5,945,734 4.18% 1,118,664 0.79%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 7,643 7.3474
Purchase 272 7.3340
Purchase 135 7.2540
Purchase 554 7.4490
Purchase 2,067 7.2541
Purchase 16,482 7.3455
Purchase 1,811 7.3784
Purchase 830 7.4300
Purchase 300 7.3050
Purchase 17,160 7.3434
Purchase 900 7.4668
Purchase 86 7.4490
Purchase 852 7.3257
Purchase 202 7.3840
Purchase 1,684 7.3049
Purchase 135 7.3540
Sale 13,658 7.3680
Sale 1,256 7.1407
Sale 1,684 7.3574
Sale 127 7.3005
Sale 800 7.1804
Sale 3,000 7.2054
Sale 378 7.1759
Sale 133 7.1709
Sale 7,092 7.2980
Sale 2,866 7.3413
Sale 12,848 7.3258
Sale 367 7.3100
Sale 3,500 7.1955
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 1684 7.3048
CFD Short 300 7.305
CFD Short 852 7.3256
CFD Short 6259 7.3413
CFD Short 17160 7.3434
CFD Short 16482 7.3455
CFD Short 1811 7.3783
CFD Short 900 7.4667
CFD Long 7092 7.298
CFD Long 367 7.31
CFD Long 6512 7.3225
CFD Long 6336 7.3291
CFD Long 2866 7.3412
CFD Long 1684 7.3574
CFD Long 28384 7.3582
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 11 September 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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